“Toddlers are germ-warfare machines in a cute package"- Debora Geary”

“The greatest impediment to women's liberation is dumb commercials.”

“I pull into the mall. This is the place to go when you're feeling homesick for California. The rest of the world likes our buildings, contructs with 'character,' but Californians like everything spanking new, clean as an unopened package of plastic spoons.”

“Honestly...this is why I write.I write to get the happy ending I sometimes feel is eluding me.I write for my sanity.”

“History shows us a window into our past. Historical fiction can take us by the and and lead us into that world.”

“You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.”

“I think that it's only natural that readers become writers. You can only learn so much before you have to share it with others.”